US eCommerce Growth Clinic with Free 1-2-1 Mentoring From US Experts

Supercharge your US eCommerce growth plans

Hear from US eCommerce market-entry strategists, experts in mission-critical areas of US and international trade, and in-country service providers as they offer invaluable advice, guidance and support to UK companies:

This clinic takes a deeper dive to explore a variety of strategies and solutions to the challenges and opportunities you’ll face in the following key areas:

Market entry strategy

Brand strategy

Customer acquisition

eCommerce

Taxation & pricing

Operations & logistics

Delivery & returns

The format

The main focus is a series of 1-2-1 consultations with the experts in the room who will give you personalised advice and guidance around your specific challenges and circumstances.

Who should attend

CEO's, founders and C-Suite managers of eCommerce companies (B2B or B2C) with turnover greater than £5m seeking US growth or expansion in the next 6 to 12 months.

Please note, the format of this clinic is designed to give both broad advice around international expansion and market entry, plus very specific, tailored advice and guidance to address your individual needs and circumstances.

To facilitate this, the organisers will contact you in advance of the clinic to find out about your specific needs and challenges so that we can organise the 1-2-1 mentoring sessions with the appropriate experts on the day.

John Rikhtegar is the Head of eCommerce Revenue at VaynerMedia, for their London division. After helping Shopify Plus scale out their enterprise offering in 2017, John brought his eCommerce expertise to VaynerMedia, now having the ability to work with brands on crafting innovative growth strategies that are built for the now. John proudly holds a degree from the Ivey Business School (HBA), in London, Ontario, Canada.

David has been with GFS for 5 Years and is responsible for their International Growth strategy and pioneering the development of the unique GFS International proposition. Prior to this, David has held senior Sales and Logistic roles with companies ranging from global market leaders to starts-ups, and shares over 20 years of Global Sales and International supply chain expertise.

Sacha's team helps businesses of all size automate the complexities of global tax compliance. His background is in business development and ecommerce spanning 20 years and covers blue-chips such as Amazon and Arcelor-Mittal as well as several dotcom start-ups. During 11 years at Amazon he launched and grew programmes including Amazon’s Marketplace, Fulfilment by Amazon, Amazon Pay and Product Ads.

Darryn provides competitive market analyses and site-selection assistance to eCommerce companies looking to expand or relocate to the US West Coast. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Darryn received his bachelor’s degree as well as his master’s degree in public policy and applied economics from The Johns Hopkins University, where he was a Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholar.

Hannah has extensive knowledge of international sales, executive management, licensing and commercial markets in the retail, wholesale and travel retail business across luxury brands, apparel, watches, jewellery, home wares and F&B, within the key markets of the UK, Europe, USA, Caribbean and the Far East. Projects include work for Laura Ashley, Mulberry, The Gap, Swatch Group, Fortnum&Mason, Liberty London and Whittard of Chelsea.

Lorna joined GS1 UK in December 2016 with a role to increase value to GS1 members and help drive the strategy by engaging with the stakeholders that sit within the marketplace landscape and to look at ways we can tackle their pain points to facilitate more friction-free trading. Lorna's background is in retail working for global retailers Mothercare and Early Learning Centre, Boohoo.com and most recently Dune London.

Mark is a Cambridge University History graduate with over 25 years’ director-level experience in marketing and consultancy in the UK and internationally. Past clients include Reuters, Safeway, Dixons, Microsoft, Royal Mail, The UK Driving Standards Agency, International Student Identity Card and Sony. More recently Mark has worked with UK trade bodies like the Department of International Trade, The Mayor of London’s International Business Programme, techUK and US digital marketing agency Lucid Fusion.

Ian is a serial entrepreneur with significant international experience in internet, technology and hi-tech industries, working for start-ups, SMEs and large corporates including the launch of a leading eCommerce platform. In his career, he has started six companies, managed multiple fund raises, two acquisitions, a merger, three JVs, an MBI, two £100m+ corporate ventures, a disposal and an exit.

Places are limited so early registration is advised. The organisers will contact you directly to discuss your circumstances and confirm your booking, typically within 48 hours. You will be asked to provide information about your business so that you can be matched to relevant mentors on the day.

Connects UK scale-up brands in digital and tech to a designated panel of experts from government, trade bodies and commercial partners to provide on-going advice and guidance for them to go market and expand internationally.

Has more than 950 UK companies as members. Collectively they employ approximately 700,000 people, about half of all tech sector jobs in the UK. These companies range from leading FTSE 100 companies to new innovative start-ups.

DATE AND TIME

Wed 28th November 2018

09:00 - 13:00

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28-11-2018 09:00 28-11-2018 13:00 Europe/LondonUS eCommerce FREE 2-hour International Expansion WorkshopThis workshop is organised by GTM Global in association with techUK and select commercial partners and is designed for CEOs and founders of mid-market eCommerce and online retail scale-ups looking to expand internationally in the next 3 to 6 months.